What goes around sometimes doesn't come around.

Before you shout at me, yes, Karma is a cheat! How do I put it? Sometimes, what goes up doesn't come down. Instead, it gets stuck on the tree.

Before you plan against me, let me tell you a true life story.

There was a man going on a journey alongside his concubine, and it got late. They couldn't continue the journey, so they had to find a place to get shelter for the night. They came to a man's house who offered them shelter, and immediately he got in, he decided to take shelter with his concubine.

Along the line, a knock was heard on the door. It increased to two, then three, then multiple knocks, like they were about to tear down the house. The owner of the house opened the door and noticed it was the men of the city asking that the man who had come into the house be brought out to them. But the man offered his own daughter, and the stupid man forced his concubine out. She was molested all through the night.

By the time it was morning, he was ready to leave, and he met her lying helplessly on the doorstep of the house. He said, stupidly, "Get up." When he saw that she wasn't responding, he helped her up and placed her on his donkey.

You could have thought that when he got home, he would get her treated.

Nopeeee!

He brought out a knife and divided her body into twelve parts, along with her bones, and sent them to the twelve tribes of Israel.

This is a true story, and it is written in the Bible. Judges 19. Go and confirm it.

Now, this man was a Levite.

Yessssss!!!

Now you understand the depth of the words, "The heart of men are desperately wicked."

Do you know what happened to the man afterwards?

He went scot free.

Nothing happened to him.

Yes, there was war because of what happened in Gibeah. There were consequences, but did anything happen to the man who actually divided that woman's body?

The Bible doesn't tell us that he was punished.

Nothing.

Let's talk about another person.

Herodias.

John the Baptist's head was served on a platter. Herodias hated John because John condemned her marriage to Herod. She eventually got the opportunity to have John killed when her daughter danced at Herod's birthday celebration and Herod promised her whatever she requested.

She asked for John's head.

And she got it. Mark 6:17-29, if you want the full story.

For those familiar with the Bible, you know what happened. John died. And the Bible doesn't record Herodias receiving any obvious punishment for arranging his death.

Nothing happened.

Hellooooo!

Let's return to reality.

Sometimes, we like the idea of karma because it makes us feel safe. If somebody hurts us, we want to believe life will eventually hurt them back. If someone betrays us, they will be betrayed. If someone makes us cry, they will cry. If someone destroys us, something will come and destroy them too.

We love that story.

I do too.

But life doesn't always tell that story.

I have had people hurt me in so many ways, and I have wished terrible things on them. Karma and all that stuff.

Guess what?

They are living their lives comfortably. In fact, better than they were when they hurt me.

Am I pained?

Yes!

But I have to let go.

Because the funny part is, if you don't let go and stop waiting on karma, you will be at the losing end too. You will become stagnant. You will be short on so many opportunities because you are busy waiting for someone else's downfall. You will bleed on people who were never the ones who stained your white in the first place.

And before you know it, the person who hurt you has moved on, but you are still allowing what they did to control your life.

You become a threat to your own destiny.

There is something my mum used to say:

"Don't let a witch kill you. The witch might give their life to Christ and you will forever be stuck."

And honestly, that thing has stayed with me.

You cannot allow someone else's wickedness to become the reason you never become who you were supposed to be. More reason you must discern what God has for you. Know people's motives before giving them access to you. Before giving them a part of you that, when battled with, might destroy you for a while.

Not everyone deserves access.

Not everyone deserves your vulnerability.

Not everyone deserves a seat at your table simply because you are a good person.

And when someone eventually hurts you, heal. Don't spend your whole life waiting for their downfall.

You need to stop waiting on Karma and heal up.

Because what if Karma never comes? What will you do with the life you still have? What will you do with the opportunities waiting for you? What will you do with the people God sends who had nothing to do with the person who hurt you?

Sometimes, you don't get revenge. Sometimes, you don't get an apology. Sometimes, you don't even get an explanation. Sometimes, you just have to leave it.

Not because what they did was okay. Not because it didn't hurt. But because you deserve to be free from carrying them.

Because honestly?

Karma is a cheat.

What goes around sometimes doesn't come around.

Sometimes, breeze use to blow it Away!

Maybe it is time to rethink the hatred you are carrying today...Because they might never pay for what they did, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it?